A Wheat TaTOE1-B1 Transcript TaTOE1-B1-3 Can Delay the Flowering Time of Transgenic Arabidopsis

Flowering time is one of the most important agronomic traits in wheat production. A proper flowering time might contribute to the reduction or avoidance of biotic and abiotic stresses, adjust plant architecture, and affect the yield and quality of grain. In this study, TaTOE1-B1 in wheat produced three transcripts (TaTOE1-B1-1, TaTOE1-B1-2, and TaTOE1-B1-3) by alternative splicing. Compared to the longest transcript, TaTOE1-B1-1, TaTOE1-B1-3 has a deletion in the sixth exon (1219–1264 bp). Under long-day conditions, the heterologous overexpression of the TaTOE1-B1-3 gene delayed flowering, prolonged the vegetative growth time, and enlarged the vegetative body of Arabidopsis, but that of TaTOE1-B1-1 did not. As typical AP2 family members, TaTOE1-B1-1 and TaTOE1-B1-3 are mainly located in the nucleus and have transcriptional activation activities; the transcriptional activation region of TaTOE1-B1-3 is located in the C-terminal. In TaTOE1-B1-3 overexpression lines, the expression of flowering-related AtFT and AtSOC1 genes is significantly downregulated. In addition, this study confirms the protein–protein interaction between TaTOE1-B1-3 and TaPIFI, which may play an important role in flowering inhibition. These results provide a theoretical basis for the precise regulation of wheat flowering time.

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Influence of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Agronomic Traits, Essential Oil and Components under Semi-Arid Climate

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy11071427 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 1427

Author(s):

Gulen Ozyazici

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Seed Yield ◽

Harvest Index ◽

Agronomic Traits ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Coriandrum Sativum ◽

Inorganic Fertilizers ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Biological Yield

Environmental contamination and the excessive use of inorganic fertilizers resulting in stagnant yields of field crops which necessitate the utilization of combined fertilization approach under changing climatic conditions. Current study was aimed to clarify the influence of several fertilizer sources (chemical, organic, organomineral fertilizers) on yield and quality of coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.). The results revealed that the fertilizer sources significantly affected the yield of coriander cultivars. The absence of “Year x Variety x Fertilizer Type” interactions for any of the noted parameters signaled that the detected “Variety x Fertilizer Type” interactions were constant regardless of the year factor. The recorded values of traits according to fertilizer sources different for the plant height from 61.85 to 69.67 cm, number of branches from 5.98 to 7.71 (piece/plant), number of umbels per the main umbel from 5.62 to 7.18 pieces, seed yield from 1.06 to 1.66 t/ha, the biological yield from 4.29 to 5.70 t ha−1, harvest index from 25.29 to 29.41%, essential oil ratio from 0.29 to 0.33%, and essential oil yield from 3.1 to 5.6 L ha−1. Erbaa variety was observed to be superior over the rest of the varieties producing the maximum values of 6.5 L ha−1 of essential oil, 0.36% essential oil content, 30.9% harvest index, 1.81 t/ha seed yield, and 5.9 t ha−1 biological yield with the treatment of chemical fertilizers.

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Vernalization Duration and Light Intensity Influence Flowering of Three Hybrid Nobile Dendrobium Cultivars

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.46.3.406 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 406-410 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Min Lin ◽

Terri W. Starman ◽

Yin-Tung Wang ◽

Genhua Niu

Keyword(s):

Light Intensity ◽

Flowering Time ◽

Photon Flux ◽

Flower Initiation ◽

Flower Longevity ◽

Photosynthetic Photon Flux ◽

Flower Diameter ◽

Flower Quality ◽

Delayed Flowering

The flowering time and flower quality of three hybrid Dendrobium nobile cultivars in relation to light intensity during cooling and duration of vernalization were studied in the first experiment. Mature Dendrobium Red Emperor ‘Prince’, Den. Sea Mary ‘Snow King’, and Den. Love Memory ‘Fizz’ plants were vernalized at 10 °C under 300 to 350 μmol·m−2·s−1 photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) (12-h photoperiod) or darkness, each with four cooling durations (2, 4, 6, or 8 weeks). Plants were forced in a greenhouse after vernalization. At least 4 weeks of 10 °C cooling in light was needed for complete flower initiation of Den. Red Emperor ‘Prince’, whereas Den. Sea Mary ‘Snow King’ and Den. Love Memory ‘Fizz’ only needed 2 weeks of 10 °C cooling regardless of light. For all three cultivars, darkness during vernalization slightly delayed flowering and resulted in fewer but larger flowers. Longer cooling duration delayed flowering, decreased flower longevity, and produced more and larger flowers. In a second experiment, Den. Love Memory ‘Fizz’ plants were vernalized at 15 °C for 4 weeks under a 12-h photoperiod and PPF of 0, 50, 100, or 200 μmol·m−2·s−1. Compared with 200 μmol·m−2·s−1, low PPF at 50 or 100 μmol·m−2·s−1 did not affect flowering time or flower qualities; however, darkness delayed flowering and reduced flower qualities except flower diameter.

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Transcriptome Analysis to Identify Putative Genes Involved in Flowering Time Under Different Photoperiods in ‘Hong jin gou’ Common Bean

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science ◽

10.21273/jashs04719-19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 144 (4) ◽

pp. 274-279

Author(s):

Xiaoxu Yang ◽

Chang Liu ◽

Zhishan Yan ◽

Youjun Fan ◽

Guojun Feng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Common Bean ◽

Flowering Time ◽

Response Regulator ◽

Differentially Expressed ◽

Day Length ◽

Rna Seq ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Highly Sensitive ◽

Pseudo Response Regulator

Flowering time influences pod yield and quality of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); however, our knowledge of flowering time genes and flowering mechanisms in common bean remain limited. We performed RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analyses [long-day (LD) condition and short-day (SD) condition] to identify the flowering time genes and analyzed differentially expressed genes to examine their expression levels in relation to flowering time in ‘Hong Jin Gou’ common bean, a cultivar highly sensitive to photoperiod. The circadian patterns of related genes were identified using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Flowering time in ‘Hong Jin Gou’ was influenced by day length: SD conditions promoted flowering. A total of eight flowering time–related genes were identified, which were classified into photoperiod pathways. Homologs of pseudo-response regulator 5, pseudo-response regulator 7, and gigantea were more highly expressed under SD conditions than under LD conditions. Homologs of late elongated hypocotyl and timing of cab expression 1 were differentially expressed under light and dark conditions. Early flowering 3 is a key regulator of the pathway, which coordinates light and circadian clock inputs in leaves to trigger the expression of downstream genes. The present study provides critical information that could facilitate further investigations on the genetic mechanism of flowering time in common bean.

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Enlarging the genetic diversity of winter oilseed rape (WOSR) by crossing with spring oilseed rape (SOSR)

OCL ◽

10.1051/ocl/2020013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 ◽

pp. 16

Author(s):

Alice Gourrion ◽

Clara Simon ◽

Patrick Vallée ◽

Régine Delourme ◽

Sébastien Chatre ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Genetic Diversity ◽

Oilseed Rape ◽

Agronomic Traits ◽

Oilseed Crop ◽

Winter Oilseed Rape ◽

National Research Institute ◽

Winter Type ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Spring Type

From 1970 to nowadays, breeders have improved oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in many ways: creation of double low varieties (free of erucic acid and with a low content in glucosinolates), increase of the seed yield and quality of seeds and improvement of resistance to diseases. All this work helped oilseed rape to become one of the most produced oilseed crop in the world. However, this intensive breeding on quality has reduced the genetic diversity of winter oilseed rape. In this study, a group of four breeding companies (RAGT, Limagrain, Syngenta, Euralis) called “GIE Colza” has been working with INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France) on the FSRSO project “Printiver”. This project aimed at enlarging the genetic variability available in winter-type oilseed rape through crossing with spring-type materials to create lines with a winter-type behavior (need of vernalization) and a genetic background that has introgressed spring-type genetic diversity. Two pools have been created and selected for their need of vernalization, date of flowering, yield and other agronomic traits. The Group tested these two pools in multilocal trials. The results show interesting per se value and combining ability.

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Selection and field evaluation to increase yield and quality of several black rice accessions

Indian Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.18805/ijare.a-306 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

E. S. Halimi ◽

P. Haryadi ◽

A. Kholiq ◽

D. Saputra ◽

A. F. Faradibta

Keyword(s):

Agronomic Traits ◽

Field Evaluation ◽

Yield Potential ◽

Rice Cultivars ◽

Black Rice ◽

High Quality ◽

Quadrant Method ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Productive Tiller

Yield and quality of some local black rice cultivars were low as the panicle in the same clump do not reach maturity at the same time. This research program utilized plants of three local black rice cultivars of “Mariana”, “Purwokerto”, and “Toraja”. The plants were planted in pots and placed under a plastic house. Some agronomic traits were measured, including number of productive tiller (NPT) and NPT with mature grains in the panicle>85% (NPT-85). Selected plants were determined by quadrant method of NPT-85 over NPT. After three selection cycles, the research reveals four potential accessions of Mariana-58.07.(10,17,21,28),Mariana-96.04 (11,15,23,33); Purwokerto-06.09(10,23,27), and Toraja-06.07(11,13,19). These four accessions called as Unsri P-1 to Unsri P-4, respectively. Field evaluation indicated, the accessions were able to produce high quality grain with NPT-85 over NPT ratio ranged from 87% to 95 %, and yield potential ranged from 6.16 to 8.81 dry un-hulled grain t/ha.

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Genome-Wide Investigation of the Phospholipase C Gene Family in Zea mays

Frontiers in Genetics ◽

10.3389/fgene.2020.611414 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Jiantang Zhu ◽

Yuanyuan Zhou ◽

Jiale Li ◽

Hui Li

Keyword(s):

Phospholipase C ◽

Agronomic Traits ◽

Hydrolytic Enzymes ◽

Evolutionary Relationship ◽

Maize Cultivars ◽

Homologous Genes ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Genome Wide ◽

Gene Structures

Phospholipase C (PLC) is one of the main hydrolytic enzymes in the metabolism of phosphoinositide and plays an important role in a variety of signal transduction processes responding to plant growth, development, and stress. Although the characteristics of many plant PLCs have been studied, PLC genes of maize have not been comprehensively identified. According to the study, five phosphatidylinositol-specific PLC (PI-PLC) and six non-specific PLC (NPC) genes were identified in maize. The PI-PLC and NPC genes of maize are conserved compared with homologous genes in other plants, especially in evolutionary relationship, protein sequences, conserved motifs, and gene structures. Transient expression of ZmPLC-GFP fusion protein in Arabidopsis protoplast cells showed that ZmPLCs are multi-localization. Analyses of transcription levels showed that ZmPLCs were significantly different under various different tissues and abiotic stresses. Association analysis shown that some ZmPLCs significantly associated with agronomic traits in 508 maize inbred lines. These results contribute to study the function of ZmPLCs and to provide good candidate targets for the yield and quality of superior maize cultivars.

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Bioregulator application, agronomic efficiency, and quality of soybean seeds

Scientia Agricola ◽

10.1590/s0103-90162008000600006 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 65 (6) ◽

pp. 604-612 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Marizangela Rizzatti Ávila ◽

Alessandro de Lucca e Braccini ◽

Carlos Alberto Scapim ◽

Leandro Paiola Albrecht ◽

Telmo Antônio Tonin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Agronomic Traits ◽

Seedling Emergence ◽

Average Height ◽

Sowing Time ◽

Agronomic Efficiency ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Sowing Seed ◽

High Level

The application of vegetal bioregulators has shown promising results, mainly in cultures that have already reached a high level of technology. Based on this context an experiment was carried out with the objective of evaluating agronomic traits of plants, such as yield and quality of seeds, produced by applying bioregulators to a soybean crop. For this purpose, the following treatments were carried out: before sowing - seed treatment (25, 50 and 75 mL for 100 kg-1 seeds); during sowing time - spraying on the sowing lines (pulverization onto the sowing lines) (50, 100 and 150 mL ha-1); between stages V5 and V6 (25, 50 and 75 mL ha-1); and the control - no treatment. Emergence speed, final seedling emergence, number of pods and seeds per plant, average height of plants, first pod insertion height, duration of the cycle, final stand, degree of plant layering, and the yield and weight of one thousand seeds were evaluated. The quality of seeds was evaluated based on germination, classification of seedling vigor, tetrazolium, health test and the quantity of oil and protein tests. The highest yield of grains, an increase of 92% as compared to the control, was obtained when using the product at a dose of 75 mL ha-1. The best quality seeds and the highest oil and protein content were obtained from seeds produced by plants whose seeds were treated before sowing time using the bioregulator (75 mL for 100 kg-1 seeds).

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Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of grafting onto Artemisia scoparia W. to affect the aphid resistance of chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium T. )

10.21203/rs.2.10583/v2 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Xue-ying Zhang(Former Corresponding Author) ◽

Xian-zhi Sun(New Corresponding Author) ◽

Sheng Zhang ◽

Fang-fang Liu ◽

Jing-hui Yang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

De Novo ◽

Transcriptome Assembly ◽

Chrysanthemum Morifolium ◽

De Novo Transcriptome Assembly ◽

Rna Seq ◽

De Novo Transcriptome ◽

Biotic And Abiotic Stresses ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Artemisia Scoparia

Abstract Aphid ( Macrosiphoniella sanbourni ) stress drastically influences the yield and quality of chrysanthemum, and grafting has been widely used to improve tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the effect of grafting on the resistance of chrysanthemum to aphids remains unclear. Therefore, we used the RNA-Seq platform to perform a de novo transcriptome assembly to analyze the self - rooted grafted chrysanthemum ( Chrysanthemum morifolium 'Hangbaiju') and the grafted Artermisia-chrysanthemum ( grafted onto Artemisia scoparia ) transcription response to aphid stress.

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